Advancing urbanization and the associated challenges, including infrastructure, mobility and energy, require a new, networked approach.

On the one hand we have resource-conservation and environmentally compatible action, and on the other hand situation-specific and appropriate decision-making, both require extensive data from many previously isolated systems.

A rethinking of consumption, resources and the environment is more important than ever. However, this requires a lot of data. This data must be collected, processed, visualized and further used to address the following issues, among others: